Beyond a Two-Tier Service? Agency and Parent Experiences, Expectations, and Perspectives of Support in Intercountry Adoption in the United Kingdom

Bibliographic Data

ID12460072
AuthorsKatie Hoffman (Olathe Medical Center, corresponding author)
Year2014
Volume17
Issue3
Pages227-246
Publication date2014-02-20
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAdoption Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1092-6755 • E-ISSN: 1544-452X
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10926755.2014.891548
OpenAlexW2051517705
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited10

For many years, intercountry adoption (ICA) in the United Kingdom was an unregulated, “tolerated” practice which was neither scrutinized nor supported to the degree of domestic adoption. Since 1999, legislative changes have sought to place ICA on equal footing with domestic adoption. This article addresses the extent to which this objective has been achieved through an examination of post-placement support practices and parents’ experiences, preferences, and expectations of support services. The findings of this study indicate that a less proactive, inclusive approach, limitations of professional knowledge and experience, the lack of appropriate services, and families’ support preferences contribute to the persistence of a “two-tier service.”

Agency (philosophy · Business · Family support · Legislature · Political science · Public relations · Service (business · Sociology · Child Welfare and Adoption · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Law · Medicine · Psychology · Reproductive Health and Technologies · Marketing

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